• Landless2029@lemmy.world
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          I wasn’t clear.

          The article calls out annual household income. Meaning that could be combined income.

          A single person making 120k and couple making 60k x2 is not equivalent. Health insurance and living expenses creep up.

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            Oh I am definately aware of that. Im single income with a wife that has a lot of medical issues and while I make a good salary (when employed) we live modest as fuck to get by.

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      20 hours ago

      Gross income (before taxes) for US federal minimum wage is $15,080 for full-time. So, close to 10x less.

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        19 hours ago

        my mistake. my states is like twice that and the region I am around near the city is higher. Did not realize the federal was still so low.

        • ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com
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          Federal minimum wage was last raised to $7.25 per hour effective July 24, 2009.

          It’s a good thing that was definitely a livable wage in 2009 and that there hasn’t been any inflation since then.